Northstowe

Northstowe is covered by postcode district CB24. It is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, Cambridgeshire.

Typical price £380,000 Homes sold in Northstowe, last 12 months. ▲ 1.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 57 of 59 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 22 of 59 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 427 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school Hatton Park Primary School 850 m from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Northstowe, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Northstowe, by flood risk Of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk and 37 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 22 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Northstowe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. CB24 1AA: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AD: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AE: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AF: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AG: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AH: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AU: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AW: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AX: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AY: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BA: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BB: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BD: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BE: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BF: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BG: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BH: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BJ: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BL: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BN: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BR: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BS: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BT: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BX: not on the flood risk listCB24 1BZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DA: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DN: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DP: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DT: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DU: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DY: not on the flood risk listCB24 1DZ: not on the flood risk listCB24 1EA: not on the flood risk listCB24 1EB: not on the flood risk listCB24 1ED: not on the flood risk listCB24 1EE: not on the flood risk listCB24 1AB: high flood riskCB24 1AJ: high flood riskCB24 1AL: high flood riskCB24 1AN: high flood riskCB24 1AP: high flood riskCB24 1AQ: high flood riskCB24 1AR: high flood riskCB24 1AS: high flood riskCB24 1AT: high flood riskCB24 1BP: high flood riskCB24 1BQ: high flood riskCB24 1BU: high flood riskCB24 1BW: high flood riskCB24 1BY: high flood riskCB24 1DL: high flood riskCB24 1DQ: high flood riskCB24 1DR: high flood riskCB24 1DS: high flood riskCB24 1EF: high flood riskCB24 1EG: high flood riskCB24 1EJ: high flood riskCB24 1EL: high flood risk Northstowe 22 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CB24 1AS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk22 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Northstowe, by flood risk Of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk and 37 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 22 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Northstowe. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Northstowe
  • A home or business at high risk: 22
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 37
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe that ONS places, 22 have a home or business at high risk and 37 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2867, longitude 0.0557. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

22 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

CB24 1AS60 at high riskCB24 1AL49 at high riskCB24 1AQ46 at high riskCB24 1AB33 at high riskCB24 1AR32 at high riskCB24 1EL31 at high riskCB24 1BW23 at high riskCB24 1AN22 at high riskCB24 1DL19 at high riskCB24 1BY16 at high riskCB24 1AP15 at high riskCB24 1AT15 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 22 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CB24 1AS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Northstowe?

Homes sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 59 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 427 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 59 postcodes. The nearest school is Hatton Park Primary School, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Willingham Medical Practice, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, 9.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Northstowe?

Homes in Northstowe sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£380,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£375,000
12 months to August 2026
£380,000

▲ up 1.3% on the 12 months before

Detached£496,250 12 sales
Semi-detached£370,000 10 sales
Terraced 3 sales, too few to price
Flat or maisonette£237,750 6 sales

Across the whole CB24 district, Northstowe's main postcode district: a typical £410,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Northstowe: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Northstowe?

21 of the 59 postcodes now in use in Northstowe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 32 of the 79 homes sold in Northstowe were newly built (41%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB24 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

CB24 1ABsince June 2023CB24 1DYsince May 2023CB24 1ELsince May 2023CB24 1AJsince February 2023CB24 1EFsince February 2023CB24 1EJsince January 2023

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn NorthstoweAcross the CB24 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 31 (0%) 8 of 404 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 32 of 79 (41%) 136 of 672 (20%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Northstowe?

Ofcom reports on 59 of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit57 of 59
Postcodes where every home can get superfast59 of 59

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Northstowe at risk of flooding?

22 of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 427 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 22 of 59 postcodes High: 427

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Northstowe?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Northstowe; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Northstowe?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northstowe is Cambridge North Rail Station, 9.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Cambridge North Rail Station Railway station 9.8 kmDrive
  • Waterbeach Rail Station Railway station 10.0 kmDrive
  • Cambridge Rail Station Railway station 11.7 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Northstowe?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Northstowe. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Northstowe safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 640 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Northstowe over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 47 September 2025
  2. 40 October 2025
  3. 50 November 2025
  4. 38 December 2025
  5. 41 January 2026
  6. 39 February 2026
  7. 56 March 2026
  8. 63 April 2026
  9. 45 May 2026
  10. 88 June 2026
  11. 67 July 2026
  12. 66 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences196 reports
Anti-social behaviour161 reports
Criminal damage and arson70 reports
Vehicle crime39 reports
Public order30 reports
Burglary30 reports
Other theft30 reports
Bicycle theft22 reports

Also: other crime 21, possession of weapons 16, drugs 11, shoplifting 9, robbery 4, theft from the person 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Northstowe?

District, borough or city council
South Cambridgeshire
County council
Cambridgeshire
Parliamentary constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
Police force area
Cambridgeshire
Region
East of England
Country
England
MP
Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat)

All 59 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Northstowe postcodes

59 postcodes in use in Northstowe, by district:

CB24 postcode district,59 postcodes

That district is in the CB postcode area.

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Places near Northstowe

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Northstowe's £380,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Longstanton0.9 km, £386,000Willingham2.8 km, £375,000Over4.0 km, £350,000Bar Hill4.6 km, £320,000Cottenham4.6 km, £405,000Histon and Impington5.4 km, £535,000Girton6.2 km, £610,000Bluntisham and Colne8.5 km, £320,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Northstowe

What is it like to live in Northstowe?
Homes sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. At 57 of the 59 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 427 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 59 postcodes. The nearest school is Hatton Park Primary School, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Willingham Medical Practice, 3.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Cambridge North, 9.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Northstowe?
Northstowe is covered by postcode district CB24, across 59 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Northstowe in?
Northstowe is in the South Cambridgeshire council area, and Cambridgeshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Northstowe?
Northstowe is in the St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Northstowe?
Homes in Northstowe sold for a typical £380,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, up 1.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Northstowe?
In Northstowe, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hatton Park Primary School, 850 metres away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is The Martin Bacon Academy, 900 metres away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Northstowe have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Northstowe is Cambridge North, 9.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Northstowe?
Ofcom reports on 59 of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe. At 57 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Northstowe at risk of flooding?
22 of the 59 postcodes in Northstowe have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 427 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Northstowe?
21 of the 59 postcodes now in use in Northstowe came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 32 of the 79 homes sold in Northstowe were newly built (41%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CB24 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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